and yes that's a shock collar
I don't exactly like the wife using her hands or anything physical with him as he's still an aggressive breed even though he's a teddy bear. Better to use that imo then anything else.

If you stop free-feeding he'll start eating more.motomummy said:yes we have socialized it bigtime. We let it out to play with the neighbords pit bull and they just have a blast. along with my parents Dalmatian. He has only tested me a few times and that didn't last long. I use to train with some of the k9's when I was in the military which helped with the alpha role thing, but the way they train doesn't help with the socialization aspect or help with getting it to listen to my wife.
He's fixed already and the funny thing? We leave food out all the time because he doesn't eat like crazy at all. In fact we have changed his food up like crazy and he loves it for 2 days then just stops. we leave an entire bowl out all the time or else he will maybe eat a cup full per day then walk away. Vet said just leave it out all the time until he gets fat or starts eating then start rationing it. I don't want a fat dog, but damn he doesn't eat like most other dogs I've seen.
Only way he really eats like crazy is if we put wet food in with it. We started this afew months of trying different things. Vet said just make him eat it no matter what it takes (wet food every other day or whatever), but only do this while he's growing like crazy. After one year make him deal.
I wasn't saying that's why YOUR dog ate more. But if an animal doesn't have constant access to food it will eat more when it IS given food. It's evolution. You never know when the next meal is coming so you eat as much as you can because it's advantageous to do so.elkbow said:my dog is well trained on feeding and treats, which he rarely gets....I free fed him due to my working hours, but it wasn't because i stopped free feeding him that he ate more, it was after i fixed him he would eat way more food...
motomummy, yeah, he is in good shape, not fat, but he gets walked almost every day, usually 2 - 4 miles per day, sometimes longer on the weekends, and he gets to go play with the other dogs at the doggy park....